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RRRL SUPPORT PoR HARVESTERS.'

No. 365,642. Patented June l2S, 1887.

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REEL SUPPORT PUR HARVESTERS.

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ALBURTIOE O. SLENTZ, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE PEERLESS REAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

REEL-SUPPORT FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIPICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,642, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed July 3, 1886, Serial No. 207,126.

(No model.)

To all whom it mayr concern.: t

Be it knoven that I, ALBURTIGE O. SLENTZ,

. a citizen of the United States, and a resident following is full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in themeans of connectinga grain-harvester reel to a harvester; and it consists-in providing a double hinged or jointed support, hereinafter explained.

My invention also relates to and consists in providing means for a speedy adjustment of the reel to the condition of the crop to be harvested A further object of my invention relates to and consists in simplifying the construction of parts and reducing the Weight and initial cost.

My invention also relates to and consists in the detail and combination of parts, asl described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure l is an isometrical view of my invention as applied to a grain-binding harvester. Fig. 2 is a similar View embracing` the parts of a reel-support, detached and enlarged for the purpose of elucidation. Fig. 3 is a sectional vieW of the locking mechanism, partly transverse and partly longitudinal. Fig. 4 is a View embracing the parts employed in locking the upper frame to supporting-rod.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the draw- 1n s.

s myimprovement is applicable to any of the Well-known and approved forms of grainbinding harvesters, I will describe my improvements referring only to the harvester parts as conjuuctional.

A represents a cutting apparatus; B, a platform-canvas; O and D, the elevating-canvas; E, a foot-board supported by the frame of the harvester, and to which the reel-support has a pivotal connection. Said foot-board is also a common support for the drivers scat F and shaft c, by which the reel may be rotated.

The reel-support is composed of two frames,

G and H, that have a hinged connection `one with the other and with the foot-board E. The frame I-I may be oscillated about the hinged connection of frame G With the foot-board.

.Said hinged or pivotal connection in this case may be made about the foot-shaft c', said shaft resting Ain bearings c2 and secured tothe board E by staples ci. Frame G is composed of the hereinafter mentioned and described members. Side bars I may bc made of light metal-preferably of steelof about threeeighths by two inehes,cut into desired lengths, and in form having a middle vertical section, a4 at, oblique sections a5 a, and vertical end sections, c c, said end sections having perforations c7, through which the shafts or pins a and b5 may pass, forming the pivotal connection with the foot-board E at the bottom and with the frame H at the top. The bars I I are also provided with perforations b, which coincide With similar perfo1ations,band b', in centerblockd, said block havinglongitudinal ribs b2, forming a longitudinal groove, b3, so formed as to embrace the middle section of the bars I I, and to which they may be secured by bolts or rivets th rough the perforations b and b', as hereinbefore mentioned, forming a rigid connection of the bars I I with the block K. Stay-bars L may be of metal, same as used in bars I I, or a little lighter, having perforations b* through the ends corresponding with the perforations in the ends of the frame-bars I I, through which the shafts or pins c and b may pass, said side bars Lresting against frame-bars I I, and 'held in said position by the hub of sprocketwheel b6 and pinV bl on shaft b5,and by the hub of bevellwheel b8 and a pin. similar to Z7 (not shown) in shaft c'. Block K is provided with a through longitudinal mortise, d, having in said mortise el a locking-rib or raised section, d. (See Fig. 3.) Throughsaid mortise d is passed the curved end of locking lever M, said lever having notches d cut into its lower edge, which may have a locking engagement with therib di. The notched and curved end of lever M is so curved and adapted that when at rest on or about the rib d2 it will conform toa circle described by said rib. W'heu frame G is rotated about shaft c or its hinged connection with the foot-board E, the not-ches d3 in said lever M may be cut on lines radiating from the hinged IOO connection or shaft a and adapted for a close engagement with the rib d2, and by which, the parts will be firmly held in position. The fulfcrum of lever M is located in a lever-supporting piece, N, provided with perforated lugs (1*, to which the lever M may be secured by a through-bolt, d5. The piece N may be secured to the foot-board by bolts or screws. Said piece is also provided with an arm extending back under the lever M and 'formed into a seat, d", for spring di, by which the lever M is held in a locking engagement with the frame G. The rear end of said lever is extended back to a point within easy reach of the drivers foot, and may be operated by the foot, as shown; or, if preferred, this frame may be made of cast metal, malleable iron, or steel, with all the hereinbeforc described and lettered parts integral.

Frame H is oblong, as shown in Fig. 2, and

l may be made of light metal bars, same as described for use in frame G, as shown by side bars h and h. A light metal pipe-box, h2, in which the reel-shaft may be rotated, forms the front end of said frame, as shown, said box being provided with projecting lugs h3 and h4, having Iianges h5, that embrace the front ends of side bars 7L and h,\and the parts secured in position, as shown, by bolts and rivets. The rear end of bar h is bent over and adapted to the side of bar 7L, and to which it may be secured by bolts or rivets, the end of bar h extending rearward to a point within easy reach of the driver, at which point it may be formed into a handle, O, and be provided with a spring handle-lever, h, having a link-connection, if, by which it may be connected with locking-pawl its, supported by bracket h, 'situated near the front end of bar 71,. Perforations 7c 7c are adapted to receive shaft b5, about which the frame H may be vibrated. For the purpose of adjustment there is provided a loop, k2, having trunnions It projected from each side, one of which rests in a counterbore or perforation in the side bar h, the other in a perforation, k7, in the bracket hf. The trunnions 7a3 are perforated to receive a lockingpin, h4, projected from the end of pawl he, said pin passing through the perforations 705 in the supporting-bar P, said bar having a pivotal connection at its lower end with the foot-board or some convenient point. Bracket h is provided with lugs kf for the support of pawl ha, a front section, 7c, having a perforation, k7, for the reception and support of trunnion k3 on loop k2. The said hereinbefore mentioned trunnions and perforations are so adapted one to the other for the purpose of providing' means by which the loop 7a2 may be oscillated to adapt itself to the angles described by the supporting-barP and the frame H as the latter is raised orloweredthereon. The locking or angular lever hs has a pivotal connection with the bracket h, and is provided with a front proj ection, las, having a locking-pin, 7c, a rear proj eci tion adapted to a spring by which the lockingpin k* maybe held in engagement with the supporting-bar P, and an outwardly-projected arm, p, adapted for engagement with link k7, connecting it with hand-lever h, by which the lever h3 may be oscillated about its pivotal connection with the bracket hJ for the purpose of withdrawing the locking-pin from the supporting-bar P, that the frame H may be oscillated about its pivotal connection, with the frame G for the purpose of raising or lowering the reel; The reel Q is mounted on shaft R, and is supported in reel-shaft box h2, and may be rotated by any of the well-known plans for driving similar reels.

By the herein-described construction and combination of parts the driver may, by the use of one hand and foot, have complete control of all of the movements of the reel, moving it upward Iand forward, downward and forward, or downward and backward, or backward and upward, or forward and backward on any plane within the limits of its rise and fall, thus adapting the reel to any and all forms or condition vof crop to be harvested.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The frame G, composed of side pieces having central vertical sections, a, diverging sections a5, vertical sections a6, provided with perforations ai, center block, K, having ribs b2, mortise d, locking-rib d, and stay-rods L outside the frame-pieces, combinedsubstantially as described and set forth, and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of frame G, consisting, essentially, of the two straight side bars, the inner angular bars, I, and center block, the said frame having one of its ends pivotally connected to the foot-board or some stationary part of the harvesterframe, the other endadapted for the support of a reel-box frame, H, and a foot-lever, M, pivotally connected to said foot-board or harvester-frame, said lever having one of its ends adapted for engagement IOO IIO

with said frame G, for the purpose of holding it in the desired adjustment, substantially as described and set forth.

3. The combination of the frame G, consisting of the straight bars L, inner angular bars, I, and the center block, the latter having a locking-rib, d?, said frame being pivotally connected to a harvester, and a foot-lever having one of its ends curved and notched, as described, the other end adapted to be operated by the foot of the driver, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4E. ThecombinatiomwiththeframeG,consist ing, essentially, of the straight side bars, the inner angular bars, and the center piece secured to said angular bars and provided with a lockingrib, the said frame having a hinged connection with a harvester-frame, of a foot-lever, a section of which is curved concentrically with the axis of said frame and notched to engage the rib of said center piece, and a reelsupport j a pivotal or hinged Connection to a harvester'- ment With a hand spring-lever, h, on bar h., subpharvesters, ofthe frame G, as described, having projecting arm, p, adapted for a link engageframe, I-I, having side bars, h h', sleeve-bearstantially as described, and for the pinrpose set ing h2, having lugs It 7L",1ianges h5, to embrace forth. r 5 5 bars h and h', bracket h", having front projee- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tion and perforation, as described, loop k2, my hand this 25th day of June, A. D. 1886. havin@ trunnions, as described, snpportin f r bar P and a looking-lever, 71,8, said lever ha?- ALBURTIOE O SLENP' ing a front projection, ks, supporting a lock- Vit-nesses: ro ingpin, 7c", rear projection adapted to be forced CHAS. R. MILLER,

in one direction by a spri n g, and anoutwardly XV. K. MILLER. 4 

